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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA: Tennys Sandgren of the United States celebrates after winning a point during his Men’s Singles third round match against Sam Querrey of the United States on day five of the 2020 Australian Open at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Quinn Rooney/Getty Images)
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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA: Tennys Sandgren of the United States celebrates after winning a point during his Men’s Singles third round match against Sam Querrey of the United States on day five of the 2020 Australian Open at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Quinn Rooney/Getty Images)
The Swiss Maestro Roger Federer ended his two-decade tennis career this year after hanging up his racket and playing his final match. However, despite his retirement from the sport, fans and athletes still talk about the era when the Swiss Maestro ruled the court.
Recently, there has been a discussion on Twitter about how the variety of courts and the speed of the court prevent players from playing differently and going the other way. Tennys Sandgren joined in the chat in between and blamed the TV ratings for all of these shifts. Fans recalled the moment he lost to Federer back in 2020, but the 31-year-old puts the blame on the opposing team.
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Fans mock Tennys Sandgren over his 2020 loss against Roger Federer
The American star has played a lot of matches against the Swiss Maestro, but the 2020 Australian Open match was quite different when the 31-year-old was not able to convert his seven match points against the 20-time Grand Slam champion.
On a thread about wanting variety in the speeds of surfaces and tennis balls, a few big names took part. Tennys Sandgren decided to weigh in and … from tennis
However, he recently took part in a Twitter Banter, blaming the television ratings for his laws against the former world number one. After his statement came out, the fans cannot stop themselves from mocking Sandgren. Here are some comments,
Some fans recalled the match. A fan commented, “I was there at that match. Legendary.” While the other wrote, “I stayed up for that match and holy shit, my heartbeat was going crazy.”
Further, a fan made fun of the American and wrote, “Bruh they didn’t have to do Sandgren like that LOL.”
The match against Federer was his 2nd Australian Open quarter-final in which he started off great but went on losing control by the end of the fourth set.
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American tennis player might never forget his defeat against Federer
The only time the two tennis giants have faced off has generated a lot of buzz amongst fans across the world. The 31-year-old is still unable to forget the horrible error that cost him the match against the Swiss Maestro, even nearly two years later.
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Roger Federer of Switzerland in action during his Mens Singles Quarterfinal match against Tennys Sandgren of the United States on day nine of the 2020 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Fred Lee/Getty Images)
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Even when the American player penned a tribute to him, where he very specifically mentioned Federer as one of the greatest champions of all time and referred to him as a legend. To his fans’ delight, he also hinted that he still remembered his battles against the Swiss Maestro and felt honored to have played against him once, concluding that he had undoubtedly botched the best battle.
